Jade Farmer - Doula

20/02/2020

Good morning lovelies, I hope you are all doing well. After a few years of big life changes, I feel like I'm back. I'm not always the best at remembering to update my Facebook though 😢

04/10/2018

I have attended plenty of women who are overweight or obese. They have all birthed their babies quite happily. It makes me sad to be witness to this kind of treatment.

Doctors sound dire warnings about having a baby, even though most overweight women give birth without a problem.

10/11/2017

How I spent my day today

05/11/2017

So exciting

What would it take for women to emerge from their births feeling innately powerful, physically well and emotionally safe?

03/11/2017

😍😍 awesome evening session with Rhea Dempsey at the homebirth conference in Sydney

25/06/2017

An amazing mummy birthed her VBA2C baby today. Well done to the proud parents of a new daughter 💖💖

18/06/2017

This is amazing. I'd encourage every mum, mum to be, partner, friend to watch this, you never know who you might be able to help.

18/06/2017

A great visual representation.

See that tiny pink bead on the lanyard? That is the size of a newborn's tiny tummy. When baby is born, the birthing parent produces colostrum which is the perfect for baby. Colostrum is concentrated and contains just the amount of food baby needs! It passes antibodies designed to protect baby from illness while preparing his/her tummy for the milk to come in. It's !

In this photo, I have a standard 2 ounce bottle of formula that is given to new babies. So, if baby's belly is only the size of a marble, what happens when baby is fed 2 ounces? Well, baby will usually spit up all the extra, which then can be spinned into baby having reflux. When really, baby is just being over fed. This leads to interventions like formula changes, antacid medications, etc.

It's important that we give all the available information so parents can make the best decisions for their families.

This image is such a powerful visual for new moms to help them see why their baby is nursing so much! It's not because you don't make enough milk or your baby isn't satisfied. It's because her tummy is this small and she needs frequent feeds of that amazing newborn colostrum!

Repost: Placenta Pills And Positivity

Edited to add: I support my client's choices, always. I encourage my clients to be informed before making these choices. But what they decide is what I support. This photo is merely to showcase the size of a baby's tummy and encourage breastfeeding parents that their babies are getting enough and that frequency of feeds alone is not an indication of poor supply (it is much harder to be confident when you can't see the volume being fed to your sweet little baby). The reason the formula is shown here is simply to note for those who choose formula (or feel like they NEED supplementation), that two ounces of anything is far too much for a new baby in his or her first few days of life. No shame. No ugly formula talk. Just encouraging everyone to make the best, most INFORMED choices and use healthy methods of feeding whatever milk you choose for your baby 💖

Information on breastfeeding FAQs and early issues:

https://www.facebook.com/heartandbloombirth/posts/1176220255816264

Information on how to prepare powdered infant formula properly:

https://www.facebook.com/heartandbloombirth/posts/1189877691117187

25/02/2017

The most common question I get is "what does a doula do?" A doula supports you and your partner to make your own informed decisions.

25/10/2016

07/10/2016

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30/09/2016

Love it. Have you donated milk? Or used donor milk?